trilobyte wrote:Registration for the main sale has ended. Next, the database will be de-duped and then scrubbed for known scammers and scalpers. That's a process that could take hours, or it could take days. Once finished, the drawing will begin.

trilobyte wrote:No, nobody has their ticket yet. Aside from tickets not being fulfilled until June, the drawing has not yet begun.

When the drawing starts, I'll post an official 'awarded tickets' thread.

Great, one more thing for people to check after they hit 'refresh'.. Just kidding. Great idea Trilo. I believe you did that after the presale as well, and I got my confirmation email an hour or so after.

edited to add: Whoops maybe not. If it's number of registrations I'll never know. and then there's the number of dropped. Sometimes that little thing in my head that likes to do this sort of math, looks at the wrong variables...

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Sorry to have caused any confusion or been a bit of a tease, but there was a need to have a thread URL to refer people to. I locked it and put the embiggened message at the start to let people know it had not yet started. The box office will let me know just as they're about to start the drawing so I can get the thread opened up, if/when they give me additional information that I can share I'll pass it along.

trilobyte wrote:Sorry to have caused any confusion or been a bit of a tease, but there was a need to have a thread URL to refer people to. I locked it and put the embiggened message at the start to let people know it had not yet started. The box office will let me know just as they're about to start the drawing so I can get the thread opened up, if/when they give me additional information that I can share I'll pass it along.

Okay, okay. Now I can really sleep. Not just lay here in bed.

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When did trilobyte say it wasn't happening today? really..really..really..really..really..really..really..really..I need some more coffee..no a 5 hour energy and a coffee...really..really..really..really..Not today? :cry:

trilobyte wrote:Sorry to have caused any confusion or been a bit of a tease, but there was a need to have a thread URL to refer people to. I locked it and put the embiggened message at the start to let people know it had not yet started. The box office will let me know just as they're about to start the drawing so I can get the thread opened up, if/when they give me additional information that I can share I'll pass it along.

Thanks again for your help!Just curious, what will the "Awarded Tickets" thread do, once it's opened for posts? Is it a list of names of people who have been awarded tickets, or something? Looks to me like it's meant for posting "glee and elation". I guess each glee and elation will mirror someone's sorrow and despair, unfortunately. I guess there won't be a thread for those people.

trilobyte wrote:Sorry to have caused any confusion or been a bit of a tease, but there was a need to have a thread URL to refer people to. I locked it and put the embiggened message at the start to let people know it had not yet started. The box office will let me know just as they're about to start the drawing so I can get the thread opened up, if/when they give me additional information that I can share I'll pass it along.

Thanks again for your help!Just curious, what will the "Awarded Tickets" thread do, once it's opened for posts? Is it a list of names of people who have been awarded tickets, or something? Looks to me like it's meant for posting "glee and elation". I guess each glee and elation will mirror someone's sorrow and despair, unfortunately. I guess there won't be a thread for those people.

There will probably be a thread for denied tickets, actually. One thread for each. People need to be able to celebrate freely, and be sad or frustrated as well.

trilobyte wrote:Sorry to have caused any confusion or been a bit of a tease, but there was a need to have a thread URL to refer people to. I locked it and put the embiggened message at the start to let people know it had not yet started. The box office will let me know just as they're about to start the drawing so I can get the thread opened up, if/when they give me additional information that I can share I'll pass it along.

Thanks again for your help!Just curious, what will the "Awarded Tickets" thread do, once it's opened for posts? Is it a list of names of people who have been awarded tickets, or something? Looks to me like it's meant for posting "glee and elation". I guess each glee and elation will mirror someone's sorrow and despair, unfortunately. I guess there won't be a thread for those people.

I'm sure there will be several user created ones. As there will be several user created I got one! threads. Either way, we will be here hugging everyone. Either in jubilation or consolation.

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